Baby cover



April 4, 1944. M, F ED AN 2,345,592

BABY COVER Filed Oct. 10, 1941 INVENTOR. Mischa Friedman A TTORNEYS Patented Apr. 4, 1944 UNr'r. so PAT QFBLABY COVER.

Mischa Friedman, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to Helen D. Friedman, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application October 10, 1941, Serial No. 414,473

1 Claim.

This invention relates to sleeping covers for baby cribs, my principal objects being to provide a mattress enveloping device of this character so constructed that there are no ties to become unfastened or side flaps to become loose and allow cold air to penetrate, and in which no tucking or tying in is necessary; there is no chance of the neck of the infant becoming caught and possibly choked, while providing ample room for freedom of hand and leg movements; the infant may sleep with its hands above the head, while at the same time said hands are completely enclosed so that they are not only protected from cold, but sucking of the fingers while sleeping is prevented; ease of attending to the baby while in the crib is assured; and the removal of the cover from the mattress for laundering is a simple matter. As a whole, therefore, my improved cover assures the baby being maintained in a properly protected and warm condition and relieves the mother of much anxiety and worry.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved cover.

Figure 2. is a fragmentary enlarged somewhat diagrammatic transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawing, the cover comprises an envelope consisting of a top unit having initially separate upper and lower sections l and 2 respectively which are permanently connected along their line of junction transversely of the cover as at A, a bottom sheet 3 and edge portions 4 extending about the sides and across the cover at its upper end only, leaving the envelope open at its lower end for slipping over the mattress 5 of the crib.

The top unit particularly is made of a suitable soft pre-shrunk material such as outing flannel for cold weather and muslin for warm weather, while the bottom sheet may be of any suitable and relatively tough material.

Formed in the top unit a predetermined distance from the upper end of the cover, or adjacent the lower end of the relatively short upper section, is a neck opening 6 of adjustable siz the lower section 2 being slit from the neck opening to the lower end of said section, as indicated at S. A hookless fastening unit I of standard type and which allows of complete separation of the edges of the slit from one end to the other, is mounted on the corresponding portions of the section 2. This unit extends from the neck opening to a termination adjacent the lower edge of the mattress, as shown in Fig. l. The fastening unit is enclosed between the upper flap 8 on the section 2 along one side of the slit and by another underflap 9 along said side and which also projects some distance under the adjacent portion of the section along the opposite side of the slit as shown in Fig. 3. The fastening unit is therefore completely enclosed and cannot contact the infant.

The neck opening 6 is surrounded by a flexible but non-expansible cord In or the like so that the opening cannot be stretched, and is provided with a double thickness or padded soft collar II which lies substantially flat against the section I to form a head rest and which also insures long wear of the adjacent portion of the cover, and sleeping comfort of the infant. The collar is sewed about its outer edge to section 2. The sections I and 2 about the opening and over the portion covering the shoulders and chest of the infant are padded or of double thickness as at l2, so as to give additional warmth for these parts.

The neck opening is a sufficient distance from the upper end of the over to allow for the extension of the arms above the head, and the section I is smooth so as to provide comfort for the head resting on the collar or head rest. The section 2, however, is shirred at the shoulders (or along its junction with the section i) and down the sides, as indicated at l3 so as to provide the necessary looseness or roominess under the cover above the mattress for freedom of movement of the hands or legs of the infant.

The upper section 2 extends beyond the edge portions 4 and the mattress, as indicated in Fig. 1, and thus providing extensions I4 which may be tucked under the lower end of the mattress. At the same time no interference with the opening movement of the fastening unit (which is from the neck down) is had, as will be obvious, and the infant may be placed in or removed from the cover or the bed remade without otherwise disturbing said cover.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sleeping cover for a crib mattress comprising a flexible envelope symmetrical to the mattress and the upper end and arranged to receive the mattress therein from the lower end, a flexible end flap on and projecting from the top of the envelope at its lower end to overlie and tuck under the lower end of the mattress, the top of the envelope being formed with a neck receiving opening and a slit extending continuously from said opening to the lower edge of the flap and a releasable fastener device to connect the edges of the slit extending from adjacent the neck opening to adjacent the lower end of the envelope and being releasable at that point to allow the envelope and flap on opposite sides of the slit, to be thrown back from each other.

MISCHA FRIEDMAN. 

